A total of thirty-one thousand, four hundred and sixty-five policemen have been promoted from Sergeants to Inspectors, Corporal to Sergeant and Constable to Corporal.
The promoted policemen comprised of twenty-four thousand nine hundred and ninety-one Sergeants to Inspectors, one hundred and ninety-four Corporal to Sergeant, and six thousand two hundred and eighty Constable to Corporal.
According to Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, the promotion is part of manpower development policy targeted at promoting deserving police officers on the basis of competence, qualification, and length of service.
Baba charged the affected officers to add more pep in promoting the lofty principles and values of modern policing and discharge their duties as expected of them in line with the provisions of the extant laws.
He congratulated two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police on the conferment of national honours on them.
The very senior police officers include AIG Aishatu Abubakar, who was conferred with the award of Officer of the Order of the Niger, and AIG Olofu Tony Adejoh, who was conferred with the individual award of National Productivity Order of Merit Award by the National Productivity Centre, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on the approval of the immediate past President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
The Inspector-General of Police charges the Senior Officers to bring their experience gathered over time and the well-deserved national recognition to bear in their national policing duties.
This is according to Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
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